South African wildlife photographer Clint Ralph took this awesome photo of a Jackal Buzzard walking with an anthropomorphic swagger in Giant’s Castle in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. You might think that a creature with the ability to fly would use it as often as possible, but not “Johnny Walker”, which is how Ralph refers to the majestic raptor.

”My son and I were there specifically to photograph the endangered Bearded Vulture in the cliffs of the Drakensberg Mountains. We were waiting for the Bearded Vultures to fly by when this Jackal Buzzard landed in front of us and began marching straight towards us. It was marching with total attitude chasing the Ravens away from the carcass.”

Giant African Land Snail on wet tarmac road (South Africa) by Steve LambVia Flickr:The Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica) - this is a young one as it wasn’t nearly as big as they can be (up to eight inches long). We found this one crossing the road, in a rain storm, and he was probably three or four inches long. Interesting colors and markings. Even when you are looking for elephants and other big mammals you have to be aware of what’s about. Addo Elephant National Park (Eastern Cape Province) South Africa.

The cutest roar ever! Three-month-old lion escapes
from his mother to test out his new voice in South Africa

He may only be three-months-old but this lion cub has proved it is never
too early to start practising his roar. The young cat was caught on camera opening his mouth wide and testing out
his voice in an South African game reserve.

And tourists who were lucky enough to catch the rare sight said the
youngster looked exactly like Simba, star of the 1994 Disney classic, The Lion
King. Heinrich Neumayer, from South Africa, snapped the pictures, and said this
particular cub seemed to have a big personality.

He said: ‘There were eight cubs in total, but this little one stole the
show, no one seemed to notice the others.

'The whole group were stunned by this little guy’s performance, the
mischievous cub wasn’t listening to its mother.

'He definitely reminded us of Simba, he didn’t want there to be any rules.
He moaned the whole time he was being carried by his mother and ran away as
soon as he was let go.

'His mum called him back a couple of times but he was not finished and he
didn’t even look in her direction.

'She was not having any of it and started walking to the cub, and continued
calling him and he still ignored her.

'When she reached him he quickly tried to run away but she managed to trip
him and he tumbled a couple of times.

The professional wildlife photographer and safari guide, snapped the
pictures of the captivating cub in the early hours of the morning at the Sabi
Sands game reserve, adjacent to the Kruger National Park. He said: 'We could hear the roars of the lion pride throughout the night,
but in the early morning we were woke by raucous roars which suddenly pierced
through the early hours.

'Our guide quickly walked to each room with his flashlight and gathered all
of us for an earlier than usual game drive.

'We hastily made our way to the game drive vehicles and the excitement was
electric.

'Not even five minutes into the drive we found the entire Nkuhuma Pride;
the kings responsible for waking us all.’

The pictures show the young lion cub breaking free from his mother before
practicing his mighty roar to his adoring crowd. Mr Neumayer explained: 'He paused for a couple of seconds contemplating
what to do next, he looked at our vehicle, then the most adorable little cub
made an attempted roar.

'Our hearts melted and our cameras fired away!

'There were a lot of oohs and aahs from the group as the cub tried to state
his authority.

'This little brave heart surely made it worth waking up so early and he
stole our hearts.

'With a will of his own and not following any rules, this little fluff ball
is all set to be a one of a kind ruler.'